Tag Archives: Smith Machine

Monday’s 3 month 1RM check (shoulder press)

First and for most I want to apologize for the delay in post this week, Tuesday I was very sickly & bed ridden all day due to muscle fatigue, sore throat and nausea, and didn’t have the energy to blog; let alone make it to the gym, so I made Tuesday my rest day. TodayContinue reading “Monday’s 3 month 1RM check (shoulder press)”

Week Nine Day Four —- Thursday

Barbell back squat: 3 x 3   70% of 90% of 1RM: 140 lb 80% of 90% of 1RM: 160 lb 90% of 90% of 1RM: 180 lb. 5 max reps   Barbell front squats: 5 x 12, 60 lb Barbell box squats: 5 x 12, 185 lb Leg press (quad dominant): 5 x 12,Continue reading “Week Nine Day Four —- Thursday”

Week Nine- Day Two Redo w/mistakes

This was a mistake workout — I added 10 lb to my deadlift thinking this was a new 4 weeks, and based it off a 300 lb RM instead of 295 .. so the numbers for this would qualify 4 weeks later but not for this 4 weeks 🙂 But still had some good lifts todayContinue reading “Week Nine- Day Two Redo w/mistakes”

Good & bad news

Barbell shoulder press: 3 x 5, 3, 1   75% of 90% of 1-RM: 60 lb, 3 x 5 85% of 90% of 1-RM: 70 lb, 3 x 3 95% of 90% of 1-RM: 75 lb, 5 rep max , 3 x 1+   This went over well, I believe about 4 or 5 weeksContinue reading “Good & bad news”

Sumo behind..

I have been off schedule with my posting, all I have is excuses & so I won’t go into detail, but I have been spending my weekends “supposedly” studying 😀    As per usual, my Sumo deadlifts are always a week behind my other core lifts — please excuse any confusion this may cause.   Continue reading “Sumo behind..”